First Job / myLot

London, England

September 25, 2023 7:01am CST

Way back when, in the late 60s or maybe the early 70s, I got my first. On a Friday evening I would deliver groceries by bike, after school. A bike very similar to the one in the photo, although without such a snazzy seat and handlebars. The main thing I remember was it weighted a ton and young me had some trouble pedalling it uphill! I spotted this one on a boat along the canal. There are so many things to see along that canal! So, for a couple of hours work I got the princely sum of 50 pence, a small fortune to me at the time. To give it some context, and if I remember correctly, I could have bought 12 Mars bars and had 2 pence change

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Anna

@LadyDuck (460454)

• Switzerland

25 Sep

Shame that the photos do not show right now in myLot. I had my first job when I was still a student. My school needed someone to stay in the school office a couple of hours in the afternoon. I did when we had no lessons.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (17957)

• London, England

25 Sep

Think I'd have liked an office job!

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Anna

@LadyDuck (460454)

• Switzerland

26 Sep

@Ronrybs - I was comfortable because it was a place I knew and not a difficult job to begin.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

25 Sep

Prior to school l helped with bread deliveries & l used to get 2 shillings & six pence for 5 days. A long time has gone since the days or bread, fish, Grocery vans that did the rounds. It was great fun & you were on the run for an hour or so before school.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (17957)

• London, England

25 Sep

There was a major bakery not far from our school and a lot of boys helped on the bread rounds.

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